Widdecombe gets her just desserts?
SHADOW HOME SECRETARY Ann Widdecombe was the victim of a custard pie attack when she visited Oxford on Thursday. Mel Jarman, a member of the 'Biotic Baking Brigade' and known to her fellow pie-throwers as Agent Orange, threw the pie that landed squarely on Miss Widdecombe's face as she was entering the Waterstone's bookshop....
News: Official: it's what's inside that counts
BRAINS HAVE BEATEN beauty in the race for a mate, declares author Geoffrey Miller in his new book The Mating Mind. Miller - of the Centre for Economic Learning and Social Evolution at UCL - offers the controversial theory that instead of wanting a beautiful face and a perfect body, people are more concerned with intelligence and artistic ability when it comes to choosing a partner. For Miller, evolution is not the survival of the fittest, but survival of the cultured....
News: Bishop recommends Judaism
A STORM HAS erupted over a recent article written by the Bishop of Oxford. The Rt Rev. Richard Harries's self described "reflections" on Jewish evangelism have been widely interpreted to suggest that he recommends conversion to Judaism as a 'second best' option for those who cannot accept the teachings of the New Testament....
News: The great paint robbers escape
CONFUSION SURROUNDSS the lengthy investigation into the Millennium theft of the Cezanne painting Auvers-sur-Oise from the Ashmolean Museum. The nature of the theft, the relations between the Oxford Police and the Ashmolean, as well as the relative value of the painting are all under question.
News: Oxford's homeless take a break
THE FAVOURED STUDENT boycott target Nestle is coming under review throughout Oxford. Nescafe, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nestle UK, joined forces with the Oxford-active charity Shelter earlier this month to launch "Nescafe Street Solutions." Nescafe has donated £250,000 to the Street Solutions campaign in a new initiative focusing on young people in the fight against homelessness....
News: Dotcom doctors become a virtual reality
IMAGINE BEING ABLE to visit the doctor's surgery without even having to leave your chair. Virtual healthcare like this no longer seems to be so far away following the launch of a project by the University of Oxford, aimed at pregnant women.
News: Dicey TV solution for student debt concerns
THE DAYS OF anxious cash-back at Tesco and the embarrassment of a refused Visa card may soon be over with a new Channel 4 game-show called Dicing with Debt. The show, which will feature only students, offers a weekly winner the chance to have their student loan paid off - all on the throw of a dice.